a time and a place for torture?
The debate over the McCain amendment continues. The amendment, attached to a defense appropriations bill, bans the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by any agent of the United...
View Articletorture is a traditional value?
The Rev. Louis Sheldon, chaiman of the Traditional Values Coalition, said this about Senator John McCain’s challenge to the Bush administration’s position on interrogation rules: This very definitely...
View Articlespeaking out against torture is not a “left”/”right” thing … it’s a following...
The National Association of Evangelicals has endorsed a declaration confirming their opposition as people of faith, as followers of Jesus, to the use of torture under any circumstances, even in a “war...
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Worth checking out: Ten Steps to Restore the United States’ Moral Authority: A Common Sense Agenda for the 110th Congress This document posted on the Human Rights Watch website provides a good summary...
View Articlesome thoughts on terrorism
Some thoughts provoked by a lecture I heard last Monday evening delivered by Dr. Louise Richardson. Her latest book: What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat Dr. Richardson...
View Articleenemies of freedom
How can we win against the “enemies of freedom” while proving to be an enemy of freedom ourselves??? Senate Rejects Expanding Detainee Rights: The US Senate failed to break a Republican filibuster...
View Articlejust bullies
Our nation’s psyche is shaped by two defining archetypes: the cowboy and the preacher; the macho hero and the principled idealist; the adventurer and the reformer; the Louisiana Purchase and the Bill...
View Articlejimmy carter speaks out on torture
President Jimmy Carter urges an unambiguous prohibition against the practice of torture. Until recent years the United States has been in the forefront of condemning torture and indefinite detention...
View Articleask the next president to ban torture
Three organizations (The National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Evangelicals for Human Rights, and The Center for Victims of Torture) are spearheading a joint effort to urge the next president to...
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